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samshu

samshu noun: a triple-distilled variety of rice-based baijiu.

Noun

samshu (uncountable)

  1. A triple-distilled variety of rice-based baijiu.
    • It would seem to be a purer ethyl spirit than samshu and other forms, as it does not have the delirient action possessed by many of these, which seem to contain large percentages of methyl spirit.2003, Li Shizhen et al., Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-Century Manual
  2. (historical, obsolete, inexact) Synonym of baijiu.
    Synonyms:
    baijiu

Synonyms of samshu

Forms of samshu

alternative formsamshew
alternative formsamshoe
alternative formsamshoo
alternative formsamsu

Origin of samshu

From Cantonese 三燒 /三烧 (“thrice-burnt”), a former name of 三蒸酒 (sānzhēngjiǔ, “thrice-distilled alcohol”).

Questions about samshu

What does samshu mean?
Samshu means a triple-distilled variety of rice-based baijiu.
What part of speech is samshu?
Samshu is a noun.

Words near samshu in the dictionary

  1. samseng
  2. samsengs
  3. samshew
  4. samshoe
  5. samshoo
  6. samshu
  7. Samshui
  8. samskara
  9. samskaras
  10. samskaric
  11. Samskies

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